CARGO HANDLING & SECURITY

Latest news on stowage and security material for cargo containers

CARGO HANDLING & SECURITY

Latest news on stowage and security material for cargo containers

Global supply chain crisis in numbers

Global supply chain crisis in numbers

The global supply chain crisis is a widespread disruption in the flow of goods, services and information across the world that started in 2021 and continues till 2023. This crisis was caused by several factors: These factors have led to bottlenecks in the supply...

FOLDABLE CONTAINERS FOR SHIPPING CARGO

FOLDABLE CONTAINERS FOR SHIPPING CARGO

A foldable cargo container looks like a traditional container, but it offers the opportunity of saving space when it's not being used. This type of container can be folded vertically and horizontally with the port’s standard machinery and, of course, handled with...

What is Lashing Equipment

What is Lashing Equipment

Along with the appearance of the cargo container shortly after the end of the Second World War, the set of parts whose purpose was to secure these containers on ships were also born. The whole set of twistlocks, bars, fittings, turnbuckles and a long list of specific...

Types of Merchant Ships

Types of Merchant Ships

Mainly, there are seven different types of merchant ships that you can commonly see on ports around the world. These main types of merchant ships are: General cargo ships, Bulk cargo ships, Crude oil tankers ships, chemical tankers ships, Container ships, Passangers /...

TYPES OF CRANES USED FOR CONTAINER LIFTING

TYPES OF CRANES USED FOR CONTAINER LIFTING

Cranes allow ports to transport cargo from ships to shore and vice versa. Furthermore, they are used for other tasks like ship repairing, stranding of ships or auxiliary operations becoming a common sight on any port. This variety of functionalities to develop require...

HOW IS A CONTAINER LIFTED

HOW IS A CONTAINER LIFTED

Containerisation has brought innumerable benefits as regards optimising processes in the global logistics chain, but there are times within that chain of processes at which container handling is not as simple as it seems and can cause both operational and safety...

4 ESSENTIAL AUXILIARY TOOLS FOR CONTAINER TERMINALS

4 ESSENTIAL AUXILIARY TOOLS FOR CONTAINER TERMINALS

Every container terminal in the world faces, to a greater or lesser extent, during day-to-day work, non-containerized traffic. This occurs when cargo, due to its nature or size, cannot be transported in a container and therefore the common spreader cannot be used. For...